Sled



Get. 16 1923. 1,470,891

E. E. STURK SLED Filed Feb. 24, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E. E. STURK SLED Filed Feb.'24 1923 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 {citizen f the Uiitefl States, 'Pertlanchinlhe be 7 vState f .Ma in'e;

anal useful ImpreVement-s which thei following is e; "spe'eificetiofii. Q present 1 invenfiien irelalges generally in memes ngmorepartie la lyto thafikiiicl I The principaliohjct"dffghe iiiventi-qh is to providejthe slecliwith brekingialnd guid ing means eembiziecl whereby 't he'gspeecl ii Eli: direction ofjthe sled maybe eesilyf'i e r lat "Be it known ic-h a t l, E A D usecl by ydung folks eeasti ng xgr:

While used ihieoaiting.

I Anbilier impei'ta nt object ,of 'thefinven-f tion is to provide a brake, and guiding at} tachment which Tis-fca pableo f being moiinte l upon a large class ofislecle-riow eo m 'monly in use.

A further :"Qbjt 10f 5116 'i vhtiii to proyicle' a propelling i 'atta'chmefit whereby ezchilcl seated upgn' the sled may propelfthe 'ee'mea'ncl thus the attachment will .n'0t,-,e11ly u: "will; also giie the v afford amusemer'it;

7 child considerable: exercise.

1 jects in View ase-Will appear-es fbh'e' deserip 5 tion progresses, the lnve'nt on res des in cer e [For the," pui 'peeeef lilistmtmgmy iiwefi;

' guiding attachment et'device; which isj eimple ahd ,effi cient in ebn's'tpuetmn, reliable in operation, Eliirable, inexpensiv to manufacture, exa sily';Eoper; ated, and hwell adapted to; the pui'pese fe'r which isflclesigned. f F

YVith the above and numerous ether min novel features 0f censtructi'en, ehd'f in fthe" cembinzitidn and arrangement} ofpartis 40 as will be hei"einjafterfinore fully desciihecl and claimed; f V

#1011, I have shown in; the accompanying drawl g that form thereofawhich lee tv pres me, preferred by'ine," si cefthe same; will give in practice satisfa fl cjqorye and reliable results, 7 although it is te be understood 1 that the various instrumentelities ofwhieh my .rinve tidneon sist slean be veg 'ieusl'y arranged;

andthati' my f inVeiltlOn; "is I H V l f is indicated1by[the tl otcedli iesiin Figures and; Organized iieti' lin ite'd 110 the preeise' embe dimentfend e Organization of these insfirun eptalitieshas, I e h r ch des the. eblong loop' frame 14 p rbvidede herein s h o'wnend de'seribed ff j e Lion gofithe; errow,

tlie-etfje'ehment i 1 V 5 i jg r 5 ,ls a deta l 'elevetienl-thereef e LPCTUOII be ng shownjineect onfand 5 thei fervvarcl ends asindicet-ecl at 2, The

'1.- 'Crosezheams' 5;:a-re mimmted en the si aind-Qv "ard's 4 and onnectedm the lbngijtuclinnl'f beams e andg hoard*6 is' aminated there 11:. 'upen' whieh the rid-er gfof the'sle'dm ay seat themselves.

A still fyirtheif ehjeetof' fihe imiehtien "ie to generally impreve upon bfekin gja cl V "for sleds by providing.

13 eiicl' e pa c ecl fdrwei dly f the'beard;6. platefi -ls, suppqrted onlth s crossbar? and i also onithe forWaricLeh-tlefihe board 6, a

beard G' and ibis block is secured toQthe 'fbearcl Gwby epetrap lO.fThe :boz i'cl 6 i s'-f plrevicled withi ah epeningll preferably,

i rectangulaij shapeandextencling l ngi-Q ther reeta'ngulari Opening I11 and ie eon st iuctecl with a poin ted loweren cl havlng i MAI he yi F gure 2 i on gituclir el'iieal 'seefioii Le w ertieel: seetion line 3 8 of. igi re2 jleoliingiin fslie-cli'i'e.

I figure Afis clet 1L Figuresllfi and are detail seeciotrie'jtekeh respectively ofFi'g ure j 'Refer'ringto' the -.1mwing;in det atil ill ineludethefrunher;-1 Whichere curved at lengitudinal beams 3 a-1'e supported by 'the forward ends" ofvfihe r nnegs f1; 31llalso;

b the standards l'risinv from the runners r i i b e Cress is irhoiiiited' On 'the, beams.

bloclz g being interposed betiveen the rear end of theplate 8 and the forwarclendfof the sled and eelso rguiding thegeame candfieloo mounted 111901112} uni vereelf joint h e eket se' l that it mziy be 'eri'g'egeol wlthxthe "ground at "varioiis angles "in relation tofthej sled es 2 and 3, The u'nivereal joiiit br'a'cket' in? 1 5 enlarged see 011 Y :7 1 leb ffiame throughsaid where by th'ejgronnd engaging rod may be pivoted? and; moved through i the loop,

for normally holding he rod out ment with the. ground-r Combination, a sled, a1100p frame I V revolvably .monnted on" the, sled; a ground engagingro d n o viable e through? the loop 1 tache d-"at one end to {the member s and} at .15 the other endto the ro'dferfnormally holding j j the latter out of 'engagement- "with the a e g-round. p l combination, Fa sled, a ground en-f ngaging member, means for mounting the ground engaging member sothat it'may-be 'moved in and out of engagement With-the frame and; provided with a longitudinally extending slot "a -member moi1ntedin ithe' iloop frame passing through said'slotswhere the ground-engaging 110d may bepiv'oted ground and pivoted longitudinallyend -1 v transversely of the sled, 111621113 fore normah ly holding the memberjont of engagement with the ground,iand means for normally in substantially fi erti holding the member oa'l position. V v

4.;In combination, a sled aframerockably mounted on the sled,

and capable of pivoting in, respect thereto and rocking therewith so that it'maybe' engaged Withthe ground Various angles to aground eng aging member slidably mounted in the frame s ancli -meansjfor lnormelly holding the" mem her in a "substantially, ertical position} 5 disposed transversely thereof; a rod having I in" araised'position; r Incombinat on, arsled,. a platehay ng;

Ij lnbmnln mo o fl f'e i u I i ingagmg member extending through the j ope ing of the plate, means for 1monnting the ground and V p transverselyof the sled,- thejopening in said plate limiting Jthe" pivotal movement of memberfioutlof engagementywith the ground, f

50 the 5?? 011ml gmg member-so that; it may pivoted longitudinall (I v said member; means .for normally holding tion.

in presence oftwo Witnesses.

Witnessesz If i ;ALF RED GOVN AUf' A S H- G I EWALD me ger;

the member but of; engagement With the,

ground, andjmeansi for normallyholding the'meinberzinasubstantially vertical-post f j l I V i r 1 vIn testimony whereof I "aflixmy signature} g 

